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Available online from Issue 28

December 2003

92 Pages

Edgar Froese, Bob Drake, Lars Hollmer, David & Linda Laflamme, NEARFest 2003, Progman Cometh Festival, Seattle 2003, Progday IX, North Carolina 2003

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Thinking Plague - A History of Madness

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Guitarist Mike Johnson is now the indisputable ruler of Thinking Plague as the group wades through its first album since 1999’s exceptional CD

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-12-01)

Thinking Plague - A History of Madness

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Thinking Plague seems well equipped to tackle an album with this title. They create a mad sort of progressive rock that some might call RIO, though I’m sure Mike Johnson and company would...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2003-12-01)

Thinking Plague - A History of Madness

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Most music critics (and listeners too) tend to get caught up in the genre game when describing music. We think in terms of qualities like loud/soft, electric/acoustic, rocks/doesn’t. But...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-12-01)

Tryo - Dos Mundos

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From the first set of heavy guitar riffs it’s clear that Chilean power trio Tryo is much more than a guitar, bass, drums outfit from (way) south of the border. In fact I’d venture to...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-12-01)

Various Artists - The Best of Baltimore's Buried Bands II

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This two CD set was produced by OHO main-mover and elder statesman of the Baltimore progressive scene Jay Graboski. Apparently there must have been a “Part I” (maybe an LP?) and this is...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-12-01)

Vermilion - Flattening Mountains and Creating Empires

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This album is quite an oddity, coming as it does from a little-known (so far) band on an independent label, for it features a big name producer (Steve Albini) and a big name artist on the cover...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-12-01)

Yes - Close to the Edge

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[This review looks specifically at the 2003 Rhino reissue.]

Rhino’s acclaimed reissue campaign continues with the the core of Yes’s most adventurous work. Close...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-12-01)

Yes - Going for the One

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[This review looks specifically at the 2003 Rhino reissue.]

It was no surprise when I learned that Going for the One would be generous with bonus tracks; the 1991 box...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2003-12-01)

Yes - Relayer

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[This review looks specifically at the 2003 Rhino reissue.]

If judged purely on the criteria of sonic improvements plus bonus tracks, the new Rhino reissue of Relayer is...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2003-12-01)

Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans

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[This review looks specifically at the 2003 Rhino reissue.]

Tales from Topographic Oceans, from the year following

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-12-01)

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